Talk:Joseph Nathan Kane

Joseph Nathan Kane was one of the Social sciences and society good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
May 5, 2022	Good article nominee	Listed
February 26, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 13, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Joseph Nathan Kane had personal possession of America's first fountain pen and the 1849 patent model for America's first safety pin?

Current status: Delisted good article

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Joseph Nathan Kane is my personal favorite centenarian and is held in high regard by my cousin and I. Hopefully the article I've written for Wikipedia about Mr. Kane will finally do him justice. At least The New York Times and myself gave him the ample credit he justly deserves. A follow up to this note would be greatly appreciated. --Longevitymonger

He often had to climb two flights of stairs after coming home from a fact finding mission -- This seems like a non sequitur to me. What does one have to do with the other? Did he not climb the two flights of stairs during his daily life, or was there something on the third story that he only visited after fact finding? -- Zoe

Was pleasantly surprised when I found out he was still alive around September of 2001. His obsession with detail and minute facts seems to have set a standard. -- Katagelophobia

If you've either read or have seen his obituary (courtesy of the New York Times)), Kane resided in New York City, and his apartment's elevator only went up to the 15th floor, but Kane lived on the 17th, and he had to climb the remaining two flights to get into his apartment. Don't forget, he was getting older and eventually broke his hip at age 97 because of this. Overall, concentrating on the miniscule fact that he had to climb two flights of stairs everytime he went fact finding is quite silly, what matters is that people like myself and Katagelophobia admire Kane for his works dealing with historical minutae, not just his age. Either way, I'm glad to see that some has read about him and actually has a question pertaining to what was written. A reply to this article would be appreciated. Thanks! Longevitymonger

Copyright contributor investigation and Good article reassessment[edit]

This article is part of Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/20210315 and the Good article (GA) drive to reassess and potentially delist over 200 GAs that might contain copyright and other problems. An AN discussion closed with consensus to delist this group of articles en masse, unless a reviewer opens an independent review and can vouch for/verify content of all sources. Please review Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/February 2023 for further information about the GA status of this article, the timeline and process for delisting, and suggestions for improvements. Questions or comments can be made at the project talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:36, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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